General News

Wärtsilä reports that it is extending its offering in the low-speed X-generation engine series with a new X92 electronically-controlled common-rail engine, intended for large container ships above 8,000TEU capacity.

Det Norske Veritas (DNV) is conducting a feasibility study for the Flemish Government relating to the provision of LNG bunkering facilities in three Belgian ports.

Mercator Media’s 34th Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference, being held in Hamburg, Germany on the 23-24 May 2012, is getting full backing from the industry.

Rolls-Royce says that it has received an order from Island Offshore for design, power and equipment relating to an advanced subsea construction vessel to be built at STX Offshore’s Brevik yard in…

Becker Marine Systems has delivered what it says is the largest Mewis Duct yet made, with a diameter of 8.10m, for a VLCC construction project for Samco Shipholding, Singapore, at Hyundai Samho…

Swedish company Chris-Marine and the recently incorporated IOP Marine have jointly launched a portable valve spindle grinder and a portable surface lathe machine, both aimed at engine repairers.

Norwegian yard Kleven Maritime has won a 500million NOK contract from Rem Offshore for the building of an advanced multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel for June 2013 delivery.